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Clark welcomes 2017 Global Scholars
Clark’s 2017 Global Scholars gathered for a welcoming reception and mixer on Sept. 19, hosted by President David Angel and Jocelyne Bauduy, his wife, at Harrington House. The eleven new students, who hail from nine different countries, mixed with Global Scholars from previous classes. Many also met for the first time with their designated Clark…
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Ph.D. student epitomizes Clark’s ‘interdisciplinarity and interconnectedness’
Recently awarded an international fellowship, Melike Sayoglu collaborates with faculty across disciplines while researching film portrayals of black Turkish women
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Lisa Musumba’s Clark education crosses cultures
Clark University undergraduate Lisa Musumba ’19 of Nairobi, Kenya, has found a way to apply her multicultural experience and interdisciplinary education to help Spanish-speaking children in Worcester celebrate their heritage. Musumba, who is majoring in media, culture and the arts and minoring in English and Spanish, volunteers for the Herencia y Cultura Hispánicas, or Hispanic Culture…
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The freedom of a classroom — behind bars
Shelly Tenenbaum teaches inmates about history of genocide
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Geography, art history, and a passion for Bogotá
Maria Luisa Escobar Pardo ’17 seeks to contribute to a resurgent Colombia
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Clark Global Scholars share their cultures with Worcester high schoolers
A benefit of having a large community of international students at Clark University – where 14 percent of undergraduates come from outside the United States – is their ability to share their cultures and perspectives with others, both on campus and off. Just ask the high school students and parents who attended the recent…
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Clark undergrad learns the business of real life
For Hung “William” Mai ’18, every experience is a chance to learn — and focus on his future. Mai, a management major from Vietnam, appreciates how Clark University incorporates social, political and environmental aspects into its business courses. He especially connects with professors who bring real-life examples from their extensive experience into the classroom. “Professor David Jordan has…
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Love of country, and knowledge, inspires Trang Nguyen
In 2008, Trang Nguyen ’17 learned about the financial crisis impacting millions around the world from inside a high school classroom in Singapore. By this point in her young life, she’d already lived in three countries and soon found her teachers piquing her interest to study global economics in a fourth — the United States.…
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Students visit Capitol Hill for Advocacy Day on immigration reform, international education
Three Clark University students from abroad participated in the annual Association of International Educators (NAFSA) Advocacy Day, March 13 and 14. Emmanuel Aghado, a graduate student from Nigeria, and sophomores Galal Al-Meslemi of Yemen and Mya Juliet Kyaw of Myanmar explored the fundamentals of advocacy. They also gained insights into the workings of a congressional office, learned about current political trends…
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Annual student conference explores complex identities of ‘global nomads’
Explaining. It’s what Third Culture Kids find themselves doing — a lot. TCKs are challenged daily to explain their looks, language, culture, ethnicity, nationality, and so on. And this can be a good thing. Why? Because they become very skilled at explaining, exploring, understanding and accepting differences — in themselves and others. TCKs, also known…
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